Trees and Undergrowth by Vincent Van Gogh Poster

Trees and Undergrowth by Vincent Van Gogh, oil on canvas 1887, is a landscape painting of a dense forest glade with thin trees growing wildly from the forest floor that is overgrown with thick weeds, foliage and flowers. Bright sunlight filters down through many shades of the colour green that permeate the tree leaves and foliage. Van Gogh painted the picture in an enthusiastic application of short, thick strokes of impasto oil paints, displaying his absorption of the lessons of the Impressionist painters of Paris. Painted in Arles in the south of France, the picture shows the emerging Post-Impressionist style of heightened colour and intense feeling for the forms and rhythms of nature. Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) was a Dutch painter of the Post-Impressionist movement known for bold, expressive drawing, swirling brushstrokes and intense, heightened colours. In early adulthood Van Gogh worked as an art dealer, teacher and pastor before taking up the full time study of drawing and painting in his late twenties. Influenced by Rembrandt, the 19th century Realists and Barbizon school, Van Gogh’s early paintings featured studies of workers and peasants in sombre earth tones. Moving to France in 1886, Van Gogh met with the startling innovations of the Impressionist painters and began to apply their approach to colour and subject matter, which continued into the mature style for which the artist is most renowned. Van Gogh produced many hundreds of drawings and paintings including portraits, landscapes, still life and flower paintings, and numerous self-portraits that became a dominating influence on the modern art of the 20th century and made him one of the most popular artists of all time.